Pulled Under by Sarah Darlington

Author:Sarah Darlington [Darlington, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

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I slept like a baby for most of the flight. It was amazing. So peaceful and so needed. But when I woke up, Rhett wasn’t there beside me. Wondering where he’d gone, I popped my head up over the seat. Georgie and Noah were adjacent to my row, both asleep and using each other as pillows. Behind me Ellie sat alone, but she seemed more interested in the clouds outside her window than me peeking at her. What the hell? I thought as I slipped back into my seat. That meant wherever Rhett was, he was likely with Luce.

Ten minutes ticked by. Then fifteen.

Meanwhile I had no idea what to believe with Rhett anymore. He was so confusing and annoying, that my head was spinning. The bottom line was, why bring Luce on this trip at all? Here were my theories: one, he was purposely trying to make me jealous, two, he’d brought her along as backup in case I didn’t want anything to do with him, three, I was the backup, or, four, he was so clueless that he didn’t even get what he was doing.

I left my seat to go find them. I needed a definitive answer on this one.

In the back of the plane, both lavatories were locked. I immediately thought the worst. The word ‘mile high’ and some other choice nasty words about Rhett popped into my head. Then I noticed some people in the galley sitting on the floor. Rhett was one of these people; beside him sat Luce, a man that looked like another passenger, and a flight attendant hovered close by, holding out a cup of water.

Something had happened. My stomach dropped to my toes as I hurried to them. “Is everything okay?” I asked, worried instantly. “Is he okay?”

“He’s fine, princess,” Luce barked. “Why don’t you go back to your seat?”

That sealed the deal—I hated her. I wanted to wring her skinny little neck. How did she know that Rhett sometimes called me princess? It meant he’d told her intimate details about us and that made me even more livid. How could he? Plus, the way she spoke to me…it was belittling. I’d never put too much stock into my age difference with Rhett before this moment, but I suddenly felt it.

Still, she couldn’t scare me off.

I knelt down beside Rhett’s feet. He had sweat covering his forehead, his arms clutched across his stomach, and the worst, glazed-over look on his face. I couldn’t be mad at him for anything right then.

“Please, sir,” the flight attendant urged, still shoving the cup in his face. “Drink some water. It will help. I promise. I also have motion-sickness medication. That might help too. You have to trust me. I see this sort of thing all the time.”

“Do you need to throw up?” Luce asked him, cutting the lady off, while rubbing his shoulder. “If you do, you should probably go ahead and go do that. It will make you feel better.”

Rhett responded to neither of them.

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